14 December 1996 (Vol 313, Issue 7071)

Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;313:7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

News

British Library axes thousands of journals

BMJ 1996;313:1503.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Medical research wins lottery funding

BMJ 1996;313:1503.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

In Brief

BMJ 1996;313:1504.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Time taken for approving drugs is similar in US to UK

BMJ 1996;313:1504.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prenatal magnesium sulphate cuts risk of cerebral palsy

BMJ 1996;313:1505.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Stress may disturb the blood-brain barrier

BMJ 1996;313:1505.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Microbiologist wins libel damages

BMJ 1996;313:1506.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Skin lesion removal rationed in Florida

BMJ 1996;313:1506.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

At last: a political division on the NHS

BMJ 1996;313:1506.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Editorials

Sentencing mentally disordered offenders

BMJ 1996;313:1497 (Published 14 December 1996)

Rehabilitation after heart attack

BMJ 1996;313:1498 (Published 14 December 1996)

Rationing health care

BMJ 1996;313:1499 (Published 14 December 1996)

Radiotherapy for malignant glioma

BMJ 1996;313:1500 (Published 14 December 1996)

Talk that works: the rise of cognitive behaviour therapy

BMJ 1996;313:1501 (Published 14 December 1996)

Aging: a global theme issue

BMJ 1996;313:1502.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Letters

Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care

BMJ 1996;313:1547.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Study of open access centre for patients with breast cancer is planned

BMJ 1996;313:1547.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

More use should be make of specialist nurses

BMJ 1996;313:1547.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Open door and listening ear are best support for patients

BMJ 1996;313:1548.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Most recurrences after breast conservation are detected by regular hospital visits

BMJ 1996;313:1548.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Audit Commission's report was based on large samples and up to date data

BMJ 1996;313:1548.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Child protection

BMJ 1996;313:1548.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Child's needs should be central

BMJ 1996;313:1549.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Girl should have been offered a chance of safety

BMJ 1996;313:1549.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prodigy, a computer assisted prescribing scheme

BMJ 1996;313:1549.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Decisions will be taken after receipt of final report next autumn

BMJ 1996;313:1549.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Spinal cord injuries have fallen in rugby union players in New South Wales

BMJ 1996;313:1550.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Relation between treatment benefit and underlying risk in meta-analysis

BMJ 1996;313:1550.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Authors' reply

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Letters - continued

Britain was healthier than Germany in 1914

BMJ 1996;313:1551.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in practices

BMJ 1996;313:1551.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;313:1551.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Postal surveys in general practice

BMJ 1996;313:1551.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Surveys demand too much time

BMJ 1996;313:1552.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Scotland's new chief medical officer welcomes reforms of training

BMJ 1996;313:1552.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Adverse events associated with mefloquine

BMJ 1996;313:1552.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Women may be more susceptible to adverse events

BMJ 1996;313:1552.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Manufacturer should also give incidence of “severe” adverse events

BMJ 1996;313:1553.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Risk-benefit ratio must be taken into account

BMJ 1996;313:1553.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Explaining about possible adverse events may reduce problems

BMJ 1996;313:1553.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;313:1554.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Advice to warn patients about rare side effects overturns accepted practice

BMJ 1996;313:1554.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Patients may start to take cheaper over the counter regimens

BMJ 1996;313:1554.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Effect of deletion polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme gene on progression of diabetic nephropathy

BMJ 1996;313:1554.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Course on basic surgical skills is being run by all surgical colleges

BMJ 1996;313:1555.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Conflict of interest

BMJ 1996;313:1555.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Does the BMJ attempt independent ascertainment?

BMJ 1996;313:1555.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Summative assessment in general practice

BMJ 1996;313:1556.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Scheme has to be compulsory for proper evaluation

BMJ 1996;313:1556.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Procedure is too complex and intrusive

BMJ 1996;313:1556.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

More registrars are being trained in consultation skills now

BMJ 1996;313:1556.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Content validity of video recorded consultations needs to be proved

BMJ 1996;313:1557.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Childbirth practice should take women's wishes into account

BMJ 1996;313:1557.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

BMJ's audit should show actions planned to improve quality

BMJ 1996;313:1557.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Nucleus, not Student BMJ, was first international journal for medical students

BMJ 1996;313:1557.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;313:1564 (Published 14 December 1996)

Fillers

AN INFLUENTIAL DOCTOR

BMJ 1996;313:1530 (Published 14 December 1996)

Papers

Papers - continued

General practice

Education and debate

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Soundings

Three wee kings

BMJ 1996;313:1559.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Obstetrician's distress

BMJ 1996;313:1559.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Personal Views

The facts must be available

BMJ 1996;313:1560.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Recovery is possible

BMJ 1996;313:1560.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The mind unleashed

BMJ 1996;313:1561 (Published 14 December 1996)

Medicine and books

Clinical Surgery

BMJ 1996;313:1562.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Mind Readings: Writers' Journeys Through Mental States

BMJ 1996;313:1562.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Patient: the True Story of a Rare Illness

BMJ 1996;313:1563.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Vamps Virgins and Victims: How Can Women Fight AIDS?

BMJ 1996;313:1563.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Career focus

Psychiatry

BMJ 1996;313:S2-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Briefing

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Briefing

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Corrections

Correction

BMJ 1996;313:1502.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;313:1516 (Published 14 December 1996)